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CAMDEN — With a scheduled day off today, the Somerset Patriots cannot lose a game and are unlikely to suffer any injuries. At this rate, that small tidbit passes for good news.

The list of bad news is much longer.

There is Sunday’s 4-1 loss to the Camden Riversharks. There is the growing list of injuries that has fatigued several regulars and overexposed several reserves. There is the just-completed 1-7 road trip that dropped the former Atlantic League Freedom Division leaders to five games back of first place.

“It’s a whole combination of things,” manager Sparky Lyle said. “It’s not the pitching. It’s not the hitting. It’s both. We’re just lethargic and awful right now. Or whatever word you want to use.”